Patents by Inventor Osamu Kawata

Osamu Kawata has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200036842
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image reading portion, and an operation unit having at least a touch panel display is provided in a front side of the image reading portion. A housing of the image reading portion has a housing projection portion that is projected frontward as compared with a front surface of a document pressing cover, and a power key that is a hardware key is provided on an upper surface of the housing projection portion in a back side as compared with the touch panel display and within a range of a breadth of the operation unit. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the power key from being operated carelessly, and it becomes easy to recognize a position of the power key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKAMURA, Osamu KAWATA
  • Patent number: 10469677
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises an image reading portion, and an operation unit having at least a touch panel display is provided in a front side of the image reading portion. A housing of the image reading portion has a housing projection portion that is projected frontward as compared with a front surface of a document pressing cover, and a power key that is a hardware key is provided on an upper surface of the housing projection portion in a back side as compared with the touch panel display and within a range of a breadth of the operation unit. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the power key from being operated carelessly, and it becomes easy to recognize a position of the power key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakamura, Osamu Kawata
  • Patent number: 10469080
    Abstract: An operation unit comprises a touch panel display, a home key and a power saving key. The power saving key includes an indication portion, and a first indication portion out of the indication portion has light permeability, and a color of its surface is a dark color, and a second indication portion has no light permeability or has it hardly, which is constituted by a double-layered print. In a surface side of this second indication portion, a figure indicative of a power saving key is printed in silver ink, and in a rear side thereof, a figure indicative of the power saving key is printed in black ink. In a normal state, when a backlight is lit, a surface of the first indication portion is bright, and a surface of the second indication portion is darker than the surface of the first indication portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakamura, Osamu Kawata
  • Publication number: 20190181861
    Abstract: An operation unit comprises a touch panel display, a home key and a power saving key. The power saving key includes an indication portion, and a first indication portion out of the indication portion has light permeability, and a color of its surface is a dark color, and a second indication portion has no light permeability or has it hardly, which is constituted by a double-layered print. In a surface side of this second indication portion, a figure indicative of a power saving key is printed in silver ink, and in a rear side thereof, a figure indicative of the power saving key is printed in black ink. In a normal state, when a backlight is lit, a surface of the first indication portion is bright, and a surface of the second indication portion is darker than the surface of the first indication portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKAMURA, Osamu KAWATA
  • Patent number: 10243556
    Abstract: An operation unit comprises a touch panel display, a home key and a power saving key. The power saving key includes an indication portion, and a first indication portion out of the indication portion has light permeability, and a color of its surface is a dark color, and a second indication portion has no light permeability or has it hardly, which is constituted by a double-layered print. In a surface side of this second indication portion, a figure indicative of a power saving key is printed in silver ink, and in a rear side thereof, a figure indicative of the power saving key is printed in black ink. In a normal state, when a backlight is lit, a surface of the first indication portion is bright, and a surface of the second indication portion is darker than the surface of the first indication portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakamura, Osamu Kawata
  • Publication number: 20180124263
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises an image reading portion, and an operation unit having at least a touch panel display is provided in a front side of the image reading portion. A housing of the image reading portion has a housing projection portion that is projected frontward as compared with a front surface of a document pressing cover, and a power key that is a hardware key is provided on an upper surface of the housing projection portion in a back side as compared with the touch panel display and within a range of a breadth of the operation unit. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the power key from being operated carelessly, and it becomes easy to recognize a position of the power key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKAMURA, Osamu KAWATA
  • Patent number: 9888138
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises an image reading portion, and an operation unit having at least a touch panel display is provided in a front side of the image reading portion. A housing of the image reading portion has a housing projection portion that is projected frontward as compared with a front surface of a document pressing cover, and a power key that is a hardware key is provided on an upper surface of the housing projection portion in a back side as compared with the touch panel display and within a range of a breadth of the operation unit. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the power key from being operated carelessly, and it becomes easy to recognize a position of the power key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakamura, Osamu Kawata
  • Publication number: 20170111043
    Abstract: An operation unit comprises a touch panel display, a home key and a power saving key. The power saving key includes an indication portion, and a first indication portion out of the indication portion has light permeability, and a color of its surface is a dark color, and a second indication portion has no light permeability or has it hardly, which is constituted by a double-layered print. In a surface side of this second indication portion, a figure indicative of a power saving key is printed in silver ink, and in a rear side thereof, a figure indicative of the power saving key is printed in black ink. In a normal state, when a backlight is lit, a surface of the first indication portion is bright, and a surface of the second indication portion is darker than the surface of the first indication portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKAMURA, Osamu KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20170111526
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises an image reading portion, and an operation unit having at least a touch panel display is provided in a front side of the image reading portion. A housing of the image reading portion has a housing projection portion that is projected frontward as compared with a front surface of a document pressing cover, and a power key that is a hardware key is provided on an upper surface of the housing projection portion in a back side as compared with the touch panel display and within a range of a breadth of the operation unit. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the power key from being operated carelessly, and it becomes easy to recognize a position of the power key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKAMURA, Osamu KAWATA
  • Patent number: 8932419
    Abstract: Disclosed is a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer which is obtained by reacting at least one polyoxyalkylene polyol (A), at least one monool (B1) soluble in the component (A) and/or at least one silane coupling agent (B2) reactive with an isocyanate group, at least one polyisocyanate (C) and at least one hydroxylated mono (meth)acrylate compound (D) at a ratio at which the equivalent weights of hydroxy groups, active hydrogen groups and isocyanate groups in the respective components satisfy the following formulae (1)-(3). The urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer does not substantially contain an unreacted isocyanate group. B(active hydrogen)+D(OH)=C(NCO)?A(OH) (1) 1.05?C(NCO)/A(OH)?2 (2) {C(NCO)?2A(OH)+2m}×0.35?D(OH)?{C(NCO)?2A(OH)+2m}×0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ogawa, Kazutoshi Doki, Osamu Kawata, Yoshihiro Tani
  • Publication number: 20140110048
    Abstract: Disclosed is a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer which is obtained by reacting at least one polyoxyalkylene polyol (A), at least one monool (B1) soluble in the component (A) and/or at least one silane coupling agent (B2) reactive with an isocyanate group, at least one polyisocyanate (C) and at least one hydroxylated mono (meth)acrylate compound (D) at a ratio at which the equivalent weights of hydroxy groups, active hydrogen groups and isocyanate groups in the respective components satisfy the following formulae (1)-(3). The urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer does not substantially contain an unreacted isocyanate group. B(active hydrogen)+D(OH)=C(NCO)?A(OH) (1) 1.05?C(NCO)/A(OH)?2 (2) {C(NCO)?2A(OH)+2m}×0.35?D(OH)?{C(NCO)?2A(OH)+2m}×0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu OGAWA, Kazutoshi DOKI, Osamu KAWATA, Yoshihiro TANI
  • Publication number: 20100273909
    Abstract: Disclosed is a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer which is obtained by reacting at least one polyoxyalkylene polyol (A), at least one monool (B1) soluble in the component (A) and/or at least one silane coupling agent (B2) reactive with an isocyanate group, at least one polyisocyanate (C) and at least one hydroxylated mono(meth)acrylate compound (D) at a ratio at which the equivalent weights of hydroxy groups, active hydrogen groups and isocyanate groups in the respective components satisfy the following formulae (1)-(3). The urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer does not substantially contain an unreacted isocyanate group. B(active hydrogen)+D(OH)=C(NCO)?A(OH) (1) 1.05?C(NCO)/A(OH)?2 (2) {C(NCO)?2A(OH)+2 m}×0.35?D(OH)?{C(NCO)?2A(OH)+2 m}×0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ogawa, Kazutoshi Doki, Osamu Kawata, Yoshihiro Tani
  • Patent number: D539072
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Kawata, Hiroshi Mizuno
  • Patent number: D568675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Kawata
  • Patent number: D415830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Kawata
  • Patent number: D426877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Kawata
  • Patent number: D741945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Osamu Kawata
  • Patent number: D810192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Kawata
  • Patent number: D810818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Kawata, Ichiro Muraishi, Yuji Hayashihara
  • Patent number: D857773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ichiro Muraishi, Osamu Kawata, Takashi Matsuda